Biology and evolution of ferns and lycophytes / edited by Tom A. Ranker, Christopher H. Haufler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ranker, Tom A., Editor.

Haufler, Christopher H., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ferns.

Club mosses.

Ferns--Evolution.

Club mosses--Evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 480 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Biology & Evolution of Ferns & Lycophytes

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With their team of contemporary scholars, the editors present a thorough coverage of fundamental topics necessary for obtaining an up-to-date understanding of the biology of ferns and lycophytes. The book is organized into major topics that build from the individual and its biochemistry and structure, to genetics and populations, to interactions among individuals and the conservation of species, and concludes with perspectives on evolutionary history and classification. Each chapter is organized to review past work, explore current questions, and suggest productive directions for continued discoveries about these fascinating groups of organisms. Written for upper undergraduates, graduates and academic researchers, Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes fills a major gap in biological, organism-level, evolutionary literature by providing a review of the biology and evolution of this important group of vascular land plants.

Contents:

Photoresponses in fern gametophytes / Masamitsu Wada

Alternation of generations / Elizabeth Sheffield

Meristem organization and organ diversity / Ryoko Imaichi

Population genetics / Tom A. Ranker and Jennifer M.O. Geiger

Antheridiogens / Jakob J. Schneiller

Structure and evolution of fern plastid genomes / Paul G. Wolf and Jessie M. Roper

Evolution of the nuclear genome of ferns and lycophytes / Takuya Nakazato [and others]

Phenology and habitat specificity of tropical ferns / Klaus Mehltreter

Gametophyte ecology / Donald R. Farrar [and others]

Conservation biology / Naomi N. Arcand and Tom A. Ranker

Ex situ conservation of ferns and lycophytes : approaches and techniques / Valerie C. Pence

Species and speciation / Christopher H. Haufler

Phylogeny and evolution of ferns : a paleontological perspective / Gar W. Rothwell and Ruth A. Stockey

Diversity, biogeography, and floristics / Robbin C. Moran

Fern phylogeny / Eric Schuettpelz and Kathleen M. Pryer

Fern classification / Alan R. Smith [and others].

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-18149-6

1-281-75115-4

9786611751159

0-511-41448-X

0-511-41516-8

0-511-41287-8

0-511-41194-4

0-511-54182-1

0-511-41379-3

OCLC:

437219418